Hamid's second book (after Moth \t\t Smoke) is an intelligent and absorbing 9/11 novel, written from the \t\t perspective of Changez, a young Pakistani whose sympathies, despite his fervid \t\t ...

Anders wakes up to find he’s no longer white. After confiding in his friend, Oona, the two discover this is not an isolated case; all over town and beyond, white people are finding their skin suddenly ...

A work of imagination asks us to see race in a new way from a novelist once again taking on magical realism in his fiction. Jeffrey Brown talks with Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid for our arts and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anders, a 20-something physical trainer in an unspecified suburban town, arises to his own surprising discovery, a deliberate echo ...

Mohsin Hamid’s latest novel Exit West tells the compelling story of migrants Saeed and Nadia as they face the challenges of a nameless country in the midst of civil war. In fleeing their country, the ...

In Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “The Last White Man,” a white man named Anders wakes up to darkened pigmentation, followed swiftly by others who turn “a deep undeniable brown.” His country (by which we ...

Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West,” a poignant tale of love and immigration, is the Chicago Public Library’s latest pick for the One Book, One Chicago series. With “Beyond Borders” as its theme, the Library ...

Mohsin Hamid’s first novel, Moth Smoke, won the Betty Trask Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize. His second, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a bestseller in the United States and abroad ...

The two books featured in this episode illustrate the impact of colorism in society. First up is The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. In conversation with Scott Simon, Hamid talks about his personal ...